COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 17710, 11 July 1921, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

THE HOME MARKETS

Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, July 7. Wheat: Lifeless. Australian, ex quay, 81s 6d a quarter. _ , . Flour : Quiet, Australian, delivered m 2001 b sacks,' 67s to 68s; Australian, cx store, 635. Beans : Firmly held. Peas: Poor supply; firm. New Zealand blue, 15s to 18s. Oats ; Quiet, steady. Freight quiet. Sugar : Firm at full prices. Fine granulated, 56s 6d, Canned fruits ; Narkunda. pears, los 6d, c.i.f.; poaches, 14s 9cl, duty paid: peaches, ex Sheppa.rt.au (Victoria) factory, 13s 6d, duty paid, subject to inspection. Bradford reports that new business is limited, buyers awaiting developments owing to an expected reduction in tho combine tariff. The cheese market is very firm, and prices have advanced considerably owing to dry weather. New Zealand white, about 120 s; colored, 116 s. Australian white, 110 s to 114 s; colored, 104 s lo 110 s. Cotton : Liverpool quotation, August delivery, 8.29(1 a lb. Juln: July-August shipment, £26 10s, Hemp: Julv-Scpteniber shipment, £37. Rubber: Para, a lb; plantation, Bgd; smoked, 7|d. Linseed oil, £35 10s a ton; equal to 2s lOd a gallon. Turpentine, 73s per cwt, equal to os od a gallon. Sheep: New Zealand owes, a lb; South American, heavy, 6jd; owes, sjd. Lambs: New Zealand, Canterbury, 40501 b, 124c1. Beef :' Frozen —New Zealand forequarters, -Id a lb; hindquarters, 6:1; Australian forequarters, 4d; hindquarters, 6d; Argentine hindquarters, 9tid; Uruguayan forequarters, 4d ; hindquarters, 7d. ChilledArgentine forequarters, sd; hindquarters, lid; Uruguayan forequarters, 4jd.—A. and N.Z, Cable. LONDON, July 9.

(Received July ■ i, -at 8.5 a.m.) Australian wheat i';vi;,hts are steady. The Puri. fM accenl' I " 5,500 tons of Western Austral ion* wheat to Britain at 62s 6d.-A. and N.Z. Cable. Til 11 BUTTER .MARKET. PRICES RISING. LONDON, July 8. Butler is very firm and likely to advance in price. Danish, 210 s, f.0.b.; Dutch, 209 s to 210 s, f.o.b. There were substantial advances in Government butter to-day. Tho new prices are as follow: —New Zealand, 2205; Australian, flat rate, 1975; Australian firsts 200 s, seconds 185 s, thirds 1755; Argentine, salted and unsalted, flat rate, 175 s and N.Z. Cable. THE UNION BANK. ~LONDON, July 9. The Union Bank is proposing to'increase its capital to £9,000,000. —A. and N.Z. Cable.